Williams v. State

Citations

• 24 Tex. Ct. App. 412
• 6 S.W. 318
• 1887 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 220

Syllabus

<p>Theft—Evidence—Pact Case.—As tending to establish identity in developing the res gestae, or to prove guilt by circumstances connected with the theft, or to show the intent of the accused with respect to the property described in the indictment, it is competent for the State to prove the theft by defendant of other property at the same time and place of the theft in question, but it is not competent to prove a distinct theft committed by defendant at another time and place. See the statement of the case for evidence of distinct thefts held to have been erroneously admitted.</p>